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Tamquammys wilsoni

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy

Tamquammys wilsoni was named by Dawson et al. (1984). Its type specimen is IVPP V5678, a partial skull (Anterior portion of skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huheboerhe escarpment (IM-1), which is in an Eocene fluvial sandstone in the Irdin Manha Formation of China.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1984	Tamquammys wilsoni Dawson et al.
2015	Tamquammys wilsoni Li and Meng

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
—	Ctenohystrica	Huchon et al. 2000
superfamily	Ctenodactyloidea
genus	Tamquammys	Shevyreva 1971
species	wilsoni	Dawson et al. 1984

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Tamquammys wilsoni Dawson et al. 1984

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-26 14:04:46

Modified:

2005-08-26 16:04:46

Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Eocene or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bumbanian	56.0 - 48.07	China (Nei Mongol)	Tamquammys wilsoni (72202)
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	China (Nei Mongol)	Tamquammys wilsoni (75275 174920 176540 176541 176542)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	China (Nei Mongol)	Tamquammys wilsoni (type locality: 89041)